User Guide

Ampex 1308904-X4 Preliminary Draft 5-11
ACL Application Programmer’s Guide acl_audit_element
5.4 acl_audit_element
NAME
acl_audit_element - retrieve the status of a single location from the ACL internal database.
SYNOPSIS
acl_audit_element -element <element_location> -stdout <output_spec>
[ -device device_special_file ] [ -n ] [ -retry_on_reset ]
acl_audit_element -help [ help_type ]
DESCRIPTION
acl_audit_element reports the status of the ACL location specified by the
-element <element_location> argument. The -stdout <output_spec> argument specifies the
output fields written to stdout. These can include location name, type, contents (including
barcode ID when available), access status, and exception status.
acl_audit_element is available to all users. See the acl_intro(1) manual page for ACL
naming conventions and general information on command-line options and arguments.
OPTIONS
-device device_special_file
Specifies the device special file to use for the operation.
-n
Prevents the utility from appending a trailing newline to the output stream written to stdout,
but does not affect newlines embedded in the output stream.
-retry_on_reset
Specifies that the utility perform one retry automatically when a failure is caused by a SCSI
Bus Device Reset of the ACL.
ARGUMENTS
-help [ help_type ]
Displays help on stderr and invalidates all other options, cancelling any other actions. Valid
keywords for the optional help_type specification are:
output and revision.